Retro Gear Solid

Guest Episode

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) sits down with his good friend and brain behind Retro XP, Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin)! We discuss Marc's recently completed project, The Nintendo Top 101, as well Marc's experience with Kojima and Metal Gear games. A fun bonus episode while we get ready to launch our Metal Gear Solid 4 coverage! Check out Marc's content at the links below.

Marc's Retro XP substack: https://retroxp.substack.com/

Marc's Baseball Newsletter: https://www.marcnormandin.com/

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 8: Finale

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) are joined by Will (@Willhammer_40K) to wrap up our coverage of Metal Gear Solid 3! We hit all the familiar beats of a PSF wrap-up episode; setting, imperialism, and video game power fantasies are back on the menu as we put the finishing touches on our Snake Eater analysis!

Check out Will's pod Raw Intelligence available on Spotify!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 7: Ending

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) return to finish covering the denouement and epilogue of Metal Gear Solid 3! While the main gameplay might be over, the biggest twists are still ahead. Join us as we witness Snake's escape from Tselinoyarsk, his face-to-face with President Lyndon B Johnson, and his honoring of a True Patriot. Press F to pay respects.

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 6: Volgin and The Boss

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) deep-dive the game's primary antagonists, Colonel Volgin of the GRU and The Boss, Snake's former mentor and mother figure. Somewhere amidst the C3 explosions, bike chases, and nuclear doomsday weapons is one of the saddest, most profound death in games history. There is room for only one Boss, and one Snake!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 5: Cutscene Ketchup

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) play a little catchup with the story beats in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Meet Comrade Granin, quiver in Snake's torture, and be reborn as Big Boss as we work through the second act of the game's narrative!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 4: The Cobra Unit

In this episode, Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) break down the infamous boss unit from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater! Join our hosts as they go in-depth on the unit's history, and individually break down its members, considered to be some of the best boss designs in video game history. All the pain and all the sorrow and all the fury... listen now!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 3: ADAM and EVA

Today we meet the final of the founding Patriots, ADAM aka Ocelot and EVA aka Tatyana. Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) break down these two spies and their introductions in the opening moments of Operation: Snake Eater. Finally, we discuss the founding members of Patriots...La Li Lu Le Lo!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 2: Naked Snake and Support Team

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) lay out Operation: Snake Eater; we discuss the mission objectives and symbolic meaning of the mission, then do a character analysis of the would-be Big Boss aka Naked Snake as well as his support staff. We lay out the narrative to come, starting at Square Zero!

Chapter Three: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Part 1: Introduction

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) kick off coverage of their favorite Metal Gear Solid title, MGS3: Snake Eater! We cover the game's production, design, and systems, and then we HALO jump headfirst into the story's opening, Virtuous Mission. This is one for the history books!

Outer Op: James Bond 

Interlude

Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Brian (@BrianJDraft) take a minute to run down the James Bond franchise, the most significant influence on the Metal Gear Solid series. We break down 007's nonfictional and fictional histories, talk about our franchise favorites, and finally bring the conversation back around to how Bond informs the Metal Gear saga. For King and Country!